Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!decwrl!pagesat.net!news.cerf.net!lsi.lsil.com!qast21!kochpat From: kochpat@qast21 (Dan Kochpatcharin) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom.reviews Subject: Re: CD ROM games Date: 28 Apr 1994 19:48:51 GMT Organization: LSI Logic Corporation Lines: 41 Message-ID: <2pp3v3$50r@lsi.lsil.com> References: <1994Apr27.164643.24455@chemabs.uucp> NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.145.52.121 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] worlton@ANPNS6.PNS.ANL.GOV wrote: : In article <1994Apr27.164643.24455@chemabs.uucp>, rxr00@cas.org () writes: : >Probably a stupid question, but can games like MYST, etc. be : >played of the CD or do any or several files have to be copied onto : >the hard drive? : > : >I am thinking of buying MYST and would appreciate any info : > : >Thanks. : > : >Ram : > : MYST is played off the CD, however very few people have gotten it to work on : the PC. The Macintosh version is fine, but many people have reported problems : with the PC version. It hangs my computer right after the book comes down and : I click on the book. I have a Pentium with 8 MB, a Phillips CDROM, and a : Gateway sound card. It was a waste of $50 for me. : Tom Worlton : *************************************************************************** : Tom Worlton << tgworlton@anl.gov >> : Argonne National Laboratory : *************************************************************************** Tom, I disagree. I have a P5-66 Gateway machine, and it works fine for me. It does take awhile after the book comes down before anything happen. Just wait about 30 seconds. Dan -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Kochpatcharin LSI LOGIC CORPORATION. 1501 McCarthy Blvd. Phone: (408) 954-4877 M/S E-199 Fax: (408) 433-6802 Milpitas, CA 95035 email: kochpat@qafs2.lsil.com -------------------------------------------------------------